Romance writer E.K. Blair

E.K. Blair, the international best-selling romance author of the "Fading Series” and "Black Lotus" series, is set to take the indie world by storm once again with her latest provocative work — a scandalous cautionary tale based on the true-life story of another romance author’s exploits.

Blair’s recently-released novel "Author Anonymous" is based entirely on real events that transpired in the life of a fellow romance author who approached Blair to pen the work.

The unnamed writer perceived her own story as too illicit, and possibly too damning, to write it herself.

Centered on the incredibly intimate details of the writer's life as a successful romance author, "Author Anonymous" asks the question: What happens when the line between creating fiction and living it become blurred?

And what happens when that line is crossed?

The novel unfolds as the author, writing under a pen name, takes her alter ego too far — she becomes entwined in a shocking affair that not only threatens her family life, but her writing career as well.

At times, “Anonymous” reads as a scathing critique of the happily-ever-after illusion the romance industry provides, and delves into whether or not these created fictional spaces can become dang erous portholes into delusional perceptions about reality.

“Author Anonymous”

At the same time, Blair — an Oklahoma native and former first-grade school teacher who burst onto the indie romance scene with her signature style of fast-paced, suspenseful romantic novels — weaves a page-turning, erotic story that will appeal even to those who aren't aficionados of the genre.

The real scandal, though, will arise when every reader, writer, agent, publicist and publisher in the romance industry attempts to decipher just who Anonymous is in real life.

Mara White is a contributing writer to the New York Daily News, where she covers hot topics, breaking news and intriguing authors in the romance and erotica genres. She also writes for the Huffington Post where she conducts in-depth interviews with women (and the occasional man) who write in the genre. She is the author of the best-selling Heightsbound Series, a contemporary erotic tale set against the gentrification and culture clash in New York City's Washington Heights neighborhood. She also co-authors both romance and erotica novels with author K. Larsen. White is a graduate of Columbia University and holds a BA in Spanish Literature as well as an MFA in Fiction Writing from The New School.